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No. 79,886. Patented July 14,1868.

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MORGAN WORKMAN, OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP; OHIO.

, Letters Patent No. 79,886, dated July 14, 1868.

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no 'ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

adapted to the cleanly and economical feeding of sheep.

Be it known that I, MORGAN WORKMAN, of the township of Washington, in the county of Holmes, and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and useful'Improvemen't in Feed-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andiop eration" of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specincation, in which- ,Figure 1 is a 'side elevation.

' Figure 2 is a transverse section, as indicated by the line a: y of fig. 1.

Like letters, in bothfigures of the drawings, indicate like parts.

My invention relates to an improved method of constructing portable feed-racks, which is especially It consists,

First, of removable feed-troughs, hinged covers, which are designed for the exclusion of filth by closing thesame when the cattle are not being fed therefromfwhich troughs are tongued loosely but snugly in grooves, which grooves form an inclined plane ilrthe-main standards of the feed-rack, and which are thus attached to the rack for the purpose of facilitating the removal thereof. 7

Second, in so hinging the coverto said trough as to cause it to subserve the'double purpose of a cover, for cleanliness, and as a means of excluding the cattle, during the feeding thereof, from withdrawing from the rack other food than that placed in the trough for their consumption.

Third, inso combining, with the feed-rack, drawers, which are so adjusted below and partially underneath the aforesaid troughs, as to catch the grass-seed which falls from the mouths of the cattle while feeding, and which dfawcrs have perforations in the bottom thereof for the prevention of dampness therein.

To enable any one skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwillproceerkto describe its constructiorrand operation. I I

A represents the standards, upon which the structure is built, which rests upon and is braced by the transverse timbers a. i V

B represents the removable feedtroughs, which are slid into suit-able grooves formed in the standards,

the grooves forming an inclined plane, descending from the exterior towards the interior thereof. b are the hinged covers.

C represents the interior of the rack, or the receptacle in which is stored the food of theeattle D represents two horizontal pieces of timber, which are rigidly attached, one to each lateral end.of the rack, and upon which rests the roof thereof, the said pieces having a suitahlcconcavity formed thereinrfor the reception of the longitudinal pieces composing the base of-the roof.

i E represents a weathcr boarded roof, having longitudinal beams attached thereto, the extremities ofwhich are rounded oil andlit into the aforesaid concave receptacles formed in'the horizontal timbers. The roof is, composed of two pieces, hinged at the eaves thereof, and fastenedt' at the top by a padlock and staple A wire at each end of said longitudinal pieces is passed over the same, and through vertical apertures in-the timbers supporting the roof, and'then and there tied, whereby the roof is hinged, and which roof, when opened, allows V the feed to be deposited in the receptacle 0. 7

ll represents the drawers of the rack, a drawer being on each side thereof and immediately under the troughs, which drewers rest and are, slid in and out on cleats 0, attached tothcinner sides of the bottom transverse base-bars of the rack, the arrows of fig. indicating the direction of the" seed in passing into the drawers fromthe bottom plate (1- of the feed-receptacleC. i I

The hinged covers are represented as raised up in red lines, and lie against the bars 6- of the rack, for the purpose as aforesaid. v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is

In the construction of a feed-rack, the arrangement of the removahle. troughs B, and hinged covers I), substantially in the manner and for the purpose as herein shown and described' I r o -As evidence that I claim the foregoing, Iliav'e hereunto set my hand in the pres'enc'eof two-witnesses.

' MORGAN WORKMAN.

Witnesses WILLIAM P. WORKMAN, J on; Snore. 

